Table 5. Morphometrics (μm) of Sabatieria pararticulata sp. nov. Abbreviations: a = body length / maximum body diameter; b = body length /pharynx length; c = body length / tail length; c’ = tail length / anal or cloacal body diameter; cbd = corresponding body diameter; L = total body length; V = vulva distance from anterior end of body; %V = V/ total body length ×100.
Holotype M1 Male paratypes M2 M3 M4 Female paratypes F1 F2
L 1281 1277 1245 1339 1422 1490
a 43 41 43 43 41 43
b 9 9 9 10 11 9
c 14 15 15 15 15 16
c‘ 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.6 4.0
body diam. at cephalic setae 11 5 4 5 4 5
body diam. at amphids 13 11 11 12 13 12
length of sub-cephalic setae 2 2 2 2 2 2
length of cephalic setae 5 5 4 5 4 5
amphid height 8 8 8 8 8 8
amphid width 8 8 8 8 7 8
amphid width / cbd (%) 62 73 73 67 54 67
amphid from anterior end 4 4 5 5 5 5
nerve ring from anterior end 75 72 75 70 67 83
nerve ring cbd 25 24 25 25 27 26
excretory pore from anterior 95 98 99 85 85 108
pharynx length 149 145 142 136 134 164
pharyngeal diam. at base 17 19 18 20 23 22
pharynx cbd at base 29 28 28 29 31 31
max. body diam. 30 31 29 31 35 35
spicules length 72 66 67 76
cubernaculum length 12 11 11 12
cloacal/ anal body diam. 25 25 24 25 26 24
tail length 89 83 81 89 94 95
V 653 718
%V 46 48
vulval body diam. 35 35